Lighter-on-the-pocket iPhone to come at half the size, half the price this summer

The rumor about a brand new version of the iPhone - a smaller and less expensive one -
has circulated the world with the speed of light. But it is ever more
credible now as the Wall Street Journal confirmed the rumor quoting a
source close to the matter. The new version of Apple's iPhone will
have roughly half the price and half the size of the original iPhone.
Yes, you heard it right – this could mean almost a full subsidy
from carriers as currently the iPhone 4 is sold to carriers for an average of $625.

The redesigned iPhone is to be sold along the traditional iPhones this summer, but its timing is not yet final and could change. It has been spotted with
an edge-to-edge screen and significantly lighter than the iPhone 4.
The handset can be controlled by touch as well as by a virtual
keyboard and voice. It comes as no surprise that the iPhone 4 was also
said to be upgraded.

The source also went on to say that the
new line of iPhones is among the top priorities of CEO Steve Jobs,
who has kept himself involved in the development process. Will this
be enough to respond to a surge of Android handsets storming MWC?
Time will tell, but Apple is pushing other fronts as well. The
company is considering to transform its MobileMe cloud storage
service into a free one. Currently, MobileMe costs $99 a year. The
service is important as it could become the core of a new music
service that Apple reportedly has in its plans. The best thing about
it would be the possibility to have your iTunes tracks synced at all
times wirelessly, without the need to manually sync through a
cable. The service might roll out as soon as June, so stay tuned.
Another key point for Apple is social networking, but there were no
details on what exactly will Cupertino change in that aspect.

All of you guys have absolutely no f****ing idea what you are talking about.

First off we have no idea how Apple intends to reduce the size of the phone. It could actually have a BIGGER screen being edge-to-edge but be half the size by being half as thick. Remember, the phone is actually a 3D object so it has THREE dimensions.

Since helder is replying to an idiot OP his math isn't actually wrong. A 1.7" screen would have less than 1/4 the SURFACE AREA of a 3.5" screen. But the iPhone is not 100% the screen and it's also 3 dimensional.

But the phone is already too small for my tastes. At half the size you're talking about a screen like the Motorola Citrus. Blech.

It's almost like when my mom waitressed at a truck stop; a quarter's worth of whipped cream on a trucker's pie was a little spritz; 50 cents got you another. And they called it a "fair product for a fair price."

If you want to make a redesigned, cheaper iPhone, make it more COMFORTABLE in the hand than the iPhone 4, because the way it's designed it cuts into your palm all the time. That's what sharp edges do. No other smartphone I've handled does that but Apple.

Taking what was protrayed as an exclusive product, and moving it down market is not a good signal from Apple. I think they know the iphone 5 is not going to be as competitive as they would have hoped, looking at the competition, and don't want revenue to suffer too much for the year.

Now I have a feeling that we'll be seeing a smaller ipad, after apple made such a stink about "comsumers don't want a 7 or 8 inch tablet." Well, after this news, I think their story will be changing...again.

You guys do realize that the new iphone could actually have a bigger screen but yet be half as thick and it would still fit the requirement of being half the size? Or keep the screen size the same and just reduce it around the edges a little till it was half in size. Or any combination thereof.

considering there are already plenty of rumors about that they are dropping the home button, i would think this is just news that the new iphone's screen will take up nearly all of the footprint, which will be a bit smaller and the device will also be thinner.

the home button takes up a good deal of surface area and internal volume, so dropping it could be enough to reduce footprint and thickness.

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